Cable-grip.



W. G. S. DE GARTERET.

CABLE GRIP.

APPLICATION FILED HAYS, 1913.

} Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

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WILLIAM GEORGE SQUARES m: CAR-TERET, OF BEER, ENGLAND. i

CABLE-GRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, \VILLIAM GEORGE SQUARESor: CAR'IERIC'I", of The Pines, Beer, Devonshire, England, andtemporarily residing at 99 South Park, Halifax, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cable-Grips; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same.

This invention relates to grips such as are used for the purpose ofattaching a heaving or holding line to cables, ropes, chains and thelike, the object of the invention being to improve the generalconstruction of grips of this type and provide one which can e readilyattached to a cable and is not liable to become accidentally detachedfrom the latter when the holding line is slackened or when pulledsidewise of the cable.

For full comprehension, however, of my invention reference must he hadto the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, inwhich similar reference characters indicate the same parts and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved grip applied to a cable;Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a transversesection on line 33 Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a view of the grip with thehinged side of the shell swung open and the members turned to expose theinterior of the shell.

Referring to the drawings 7) indicates the gripping member which ispreferably flat and tapered from one end to the other to form a wedge,the small endof the Wedge having a shackle 0 attached thereto by meansof which the holding line 0 is fastened to the grip. A sleeve or shell11 is loosely mounted upon the wedge 72 so that the two members may bemoved relatively to each other, this movement being limited, to preventthe detachment of the members from each other. by means of a pin 6 onthe in-' .the parts or to release the same.

shell correspondingl acting wedging surfaces.

For convenience in attaching the grip to the cable I have formed theshell in two parts, the part (l being hinged as at h to the fixed part(I to swing out from the latter as shown in Fig. 3 by dotted lines andin Fig. -l.. In closing the shell the free side of the hinged part maybe attached to the fixed part in any suitable manner but I prefer tolock the parts together by means of lugs 6 upon the free sides of suchparts and having holes j adapted to be brought into registermg positionand have a )in is passed therethrough. The pin. has a head I by means ofwhich it can be readily moved either to lock I In Fig. 3 1t will-beseen'that the locking of the parts (Z and (1 together by the pin 7.:will be augmented by the wedge I) when the large end of the latter ispulled into the shell, for the Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed Kay 3, 1813. Serial No. 785,278.

tapered to present 00- reason that the corner I) of such wedge will thenlie in the path taken by the free side of the hinged part when swingingopen and so act as a stop to prevent such movement.

When the grip is to be attached to a cable the small end of the wedge islocated within the shell, see Fig. 2 full lines, and the shell thrownopen as shown in Fig. 4 to enable it to he slipped over the cable, thehinged side at of the shell being then closed over the cable and the twoparts of the shell locked,

together by the pin A. When the holding line is pulled or a strainexerted thereon the wedge slides to the position shown in dot ened.

The edge I) of the wedge and the interior surface of the hinged part ofthe shell is grooved for the reception of the cable but may be suitablyformed to receive a chain while the said interior surface of the shellis roughened as at 11 to provide a. hold upon to form, with the firstgroove, an opening through the shell, and awedge located with- -in theshell and adapted to be drawn through the latter and extend from thegroove in the fixed part across the hinge into the groove in the hingedpart to obstruct the swinging open of the latter upon the hinge. v

2. A grip for cables and the like including a wedge and a shell havingan opening therethrough and being mounted upon the wedge, such shellconsisting of a fixed part having a groove therein forming aportion ofthe opening through the shell and being formed with perforated lugs atopposite sides of the groove and wedge and spaced from each otherlongitudinally of the fixed part, a pin and slot connection between theV fixed part and the wedge, a movable part having a groove thereinadapted to communicate with the groove in the fixed part and completethe opening through the shell, such movable part having perforated lugsat opposite sides of the groove and wedge and spaced from each otherlongitudinally of the movable part, the-lugs at the o posite sides ofthe groove of one part inter igitating with the lugs at the oppositesides of the groove of the other part and pins adapted to pass throughthe perforations in the lugs and hold the fixed and movable partstogether.

.In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM GEORGE SQUARES DE OARTERET.

Witnesses:

N. HILL, J. A. WA'rr.

